Chuck,
Thanks for your comment. Except other elements, I failed for this
picture because I primarily wish to take the woman & the dog as the
subject. But the tree & its reflection shadow to being drawn readers'
attention more. I have learnt how to define the subject in the
composition.
Besides, thanks for you teaches me some skills for portrait shots ^^
--
Michael
Palm, Linux, Olympus, Mac user
2007/1/2, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Pretty much my conclusion as well. The woman and dog are in sufficient
> shadow that I'm straining to see them and it's detracting from the
> lovely background which is very nicely pointed to by the pier. The
> heavily shadowed foreground pretty much dictates that the people not be
> there.
>
> Including people in a bright sun, heavy shade situation like this is
> fraught with difficulty. If they're in heavy shadow they can't be seen
> properly. If the exposure is brought up to improve the shadowed
> foreground the background will be overexposed. If faced with this kind
> of lighting in a portrait situation, to see the people and keep the
> background in control requires a fair amount of flash power. The camera
> is best set at minimum ISO, the shutter needs to be set at maximum flash
> sync speed and the aperture set for the proper ambient light exposure of
> the background. Then you need enough flash power to light the
> foreground according to the now predetermined aperture.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Chris Barker wrote:
> > Thanks, Michael, that's a lovely scene. I might disagree that the
> > woman and dog were the main points of interest, though. The light is
> > on the trees and horizon and, as you pointed out, the pier points
> > that way. In addition, the woman and dog are in the shadow. I think
> > that the photograph suffers from having 2 areas of interest and it
> > might have been interesting to see the trees and their reflection alone.
> >
> > You now have the opportunity to make comment on my photographs ... :-)
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On 2 Jan 2007, at 09:56, Michael Wong wrote:
> >
> >> Nam Sang Wai, a famous tourist spot due to a crocodile appeared about
> >> 2 years ago. Beautiful scene, I think a bit little Japanese feel.
> >>
> >> For the picture, I selected the wooden bridge and the highest 2 trees
> >> for the contrast of composition. The wooden bridge leads readers' eyes
> >> to the trees. The shadow of trees at the river increases the interest
> >> for the photo. Of course the interest points are the woman & the dog.
> >> It was my thinking while I took this picture.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> OM-4T Black, Zuiko 35mm F2, Kodak E100vs
> >>
> >> http://palmboy.palmcyber.net/gallery/albums/album19/IMG1862_001.jpg
> >>
> >
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